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Barcode711

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Re: Post your frog and amphibian photos here!
« Reply #90 on: April 06, 2007, 10:08:30 AM »
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I'd love to have one or two myself but axolotls are illegal up here in Canada.  I was told it was because the wild populations are on the CITES list.
They are? No wonder I can't find them anywhere.
If they breed so easily in captivity, why don't they build some population and release them in their natural habitats?
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« Reply #91 on: April 12, 2007, 04:26:59 PM »
Quote from: Barcode711 on April 06, 2007, 10:08:30 AM
They are? No wonder I can't find them anywhere.
If they breed so easily in captivity, why don't they build some population and release them in their natural habitats?

Actually, it turns out that it is only illegal to import or export them.  I finally stumbled across some a couple of months ago.  They are exceptionally rare in Canada, however, as there seems to be very few hobbyists who breed them.

I believe that the natural habitats are too polluted to support restocking at this time.  There are only two lakes in Mexico where this species exists and the population in one of those lakes has been completely wiped out.


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Re: Post your frog and amphibian photos here!
« Reply #92 on: April 13, 2007, 07:42:24 PM »
Jabba says "I am Lurking....Feed Me!"

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« Reply #93 on: May 04, 2007, 10:53:48 PM »
Well, even though axolotls breed readily, the hundreds of thousands of axolotls all over the world with hobby people and researchers are often hybrids between axolotl tiger salamanders and other neonate salamanders in Mexico where are also just are rare as axolotl. The pet axolotl is fasioned from humans and it is very distinct from their wild ancestors. It is not as easy of a solution as one may think. Also, many native people eat them and are used in traditional medice. Mexico needs some habitat clean up and education. There are a few institutions  preserving their habitat and breeding local axolotl and educating the public.

Axolotls are not illegal to have in california. You just cannot import/export them out of the state. But i think that was already stated.  beleive Niles Biological is located in California and i know California people who bought some axolotls from there, if anyone cannot find a breeder. My goodness, 70 bucks is the steepest prict I have ever seen for an axolotl. Seriously, if you really want axolotl, people on caudata.org forums always have some for sale all over the world.
I am glad to see the ban on using "water dogs" as bait in CA.

Here are some other amphibian pics, a Taricha Granulosa in a quarantine, a Patchytriton, and 2 colour varieties of axolotl, golden albino, "wild-type", and leutistic.

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Re: Post your frog and amphibian photos here!
« Reply #94 on: May 05, 2007, 03:25:45 PM »
I think I just died from the attack of cuteness in those pics!
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« Reply #95 on: June 26, 2007, 06:27:41 PM »
You've got some beautiful axies there!

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Re: Post your frog and amphibian photos here!
« Reply #96 on: June 26, 2007, 08:41:21 PM »
they look like puppies who live underwater...sigh:)
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2 cats, 2 dogs, 2 bearded dragons,1 blue tongue skink, 1 leopard gecko, 2 three toe box turtles, 2 redfoot tortoises, 1 albino cornsnake, 1 Cali Kingsnake, 2 russian tortoises, 2 RES, 21 Paddletail Newt, 1axolotl, 1 wood  turtle. Dozens of fish.

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Re: Post your frog and amphibian photos here!
« Reply #97 on: October 06, 2007, 10:25:53 PM »
awwwwwwwwww. look at the chubby frog I saw at the Long Beach Aquarium. So cute.

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Re: Post your frog and amphibian photos here!
« Reply #98 on: October 06, 2007, 10:26:47 PM »
and here are a couple of the poison darts

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« Reply #99 on: October 07, 2007, 02:26:27 AM »
I wish I could keep poison darts.  :inlove:
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